Yep, thats right. Some how I convinced my buddy James Ryder to wake up at 2 a.m., hike 3 and 1/2 hours, snowboard for 5 minutes, lay out in the meadows below the Middle Teton for an hour, then hike 2 hours out.
It's not easy prying yourself out of bed at 2 am for a few snowboard turns in terrible conditions in the middle of the summer. But after a cup of coffee, some cereal, a fruit roll-up and the chance of making one awesome photo in morning light- nothing can bring you down. Right?
We began hiking at 3:30 a.m. in the pitch dark and made it to Garnett Canyon without having a full conversation- just incoherent, groggy comments. I made this photograph here, in the canyon with first light of the morning hitting the Middle Teton. A moment that is well worth the early start.
We then climbed talus, scree, and snow fields and arrived just below the Middle Teton where our decent down the Cave Couloir began. We traded our mountaineering boots for snowboarding boots, strapped into our bindings and boarded for about 5 minutes (you can see the couloir just next to James in the image posted). After boarding we made our way back to the trail, took our shirts off and waited for a few beautiful women to come around the corner. An hour and a few snickers bars later, the women never showed. We packed our bags, and hiked out to the car.
Exhausted, we went home and napped for a few hours before happy hour. Thats when our day began...
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